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Proposed text for ODF-Next "Call for Proposals"

  • 1.  Proposed text for ODF-Next "Call for Proposals"

    Posted 02-02-2009 16:29
    The ODF-Next SC has been iterating on text for the call for proposals for 
    ODF-Next.  We've also figured out how to automate the extraction of 
    comments from the mailing list, so we're confident we can handle any 
    volume we receive.
    
    Here is the latest version of the text we have.   I'd like to see this 
    approved by the TC and sent out ASAP.  If we can get this done now, there 
    is a good chance that we'll get the bulk of the ODF-Next traffic (likely 
    front-loaded) before we send the send ODF 1.2 out for public review. 
    
    If there is time on today's TC call, I'd like to briefly discuss and see 
    if the TC agrees that we can go forward with this.
    
    Regards,
    
    -Rob
    
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    "We have it in our power to begin the world over again"  -- Thomas Paine 
    (Common Sense, 1776)
    
    You are invited to help define the feature set of the next revision of 
    OASIS OpenDocument Format (ODF). Help us take "ODF-Next" to a higher stage 
    of document evolution. Be creative.  Push the envelope.  Be provocative. 
    Change the paradigm.  Start a revolution.. The only limits on our vision 
    are our own.
    
    The OASIS ODF TC has recently finalized the approval of technical 
    proposals which will be included in ODF 1.2.  After these proposals are 
    integrated into the ODF 1.2 draft, and remaining editorial tasks are 
    completed, the draft specification will be sent on for Public Review, and 
    then finally onto a ballot for approval as an OASIS Standard. 
    
    Concurrent with these final stages of ODF 1.2 work -- which may take 
    several months -- the ODF TC wishes to start a public conversation related 
    to the technical contents of "ODF-Next", the provisional name for the next 
    major version of ODF.   The ODF TC has created a subcommittee, the ODF 
    Requirements Subcommittee, chaired by Bob Jolliffe